Mens Tennis Wins Two, Extends Streak

Feb 28, 2010

Freshman Mac
Cahill (Southport, CT [pictured right]) earned
victories at #1 singles and #1 doubles, as the Stags moved to 3-0
in the SCIAC with a 9-0 win over Occidental on Sunday. The win
extends CMS' conference win streak to 44. After traveling to
Burbank to play the Tigers in a make-up of Saturday's rained out
league contest, CMS then returned home to defeat Division II Cal
Poly Pomona 8-1 in the afternoon.

Cahill and partner Russell
Brockett (Austin, TX), were part of a Stags doubles
sweep that saw CMS yield only five total games. With a 3-0 lead and
good momentum heading into the singles, CMS won decisive first sets
at the #3 - #6 positions, while facing strong resistance at #1 and
#2. Cahill returned serve down 6-5 in the first and then rallied to
break and then win the tie-break 7-4 at #1. At #2, senior Eric
MacColl (Greenbrae, CA) lost the first 6-2. The Stags
got their first singles win from Brockett at #3 and then clinched
the match at #6, as Myles
Crandall (Sr. - Tucson, AZ) also won in straight sets.
After two more straight set wins by doubles partners Max
Mullen (Westport, CT) and Ethan
Bond (Beverly Hills, CA) at #4 and #5 respectively,
Cahill then held on to win 7-6, 6-2 at #1, while MacColl fought
back for a three set win at #2 to complete the shutout.

Against Cal Poly Pomona, CMS continued its successful doubles
play by winning at all three positions. MacColl and Brandon
Wei (So. - Lake Oswego, OR) earned their second
victory of the day the hard way, saving a match point at #3 before
prevailing 9-7. In the singles, CMS won convincingly at the #3 - #6
positions, while again facing strong resistance at #1 and #2. Robbie
Erani (So. - New York, NY) won a hard fought 6-4,
7-6(3) victory at #1, while senior captain Mikey
Lim (Honolulu, HI) suffered the Stags' only defeat at
#2.

The Stags move to 5-2 overall and 3-0 in the SCIAC. Later this
week, six CMS doubles teams travel to La Jolla, CA for the 121st
Pacific Coast Doubles tournament. Play begins Thursday and
concludes on Sunday.